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LITERATURE, INCLUdINg L. FRANk BAUM ANd OzIANA, LOTS 339-405

Lots 339–405

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339* BAUM, L. FRANK The Army Alphabet. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill, 1900.

4to, original quarter blue cloth over pictorial boards. First (and only) edition. Illustrated with 27 color plates by Harry Kennedy. Rubbing to boards heaviest at edges; contemporary gift inscription to f.f.e.p.; light marginal soiling to some leaves. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 340* BAUM, L. FRANK The Navy Alphabet Chicago and New York: George M. Hill, 1900.

4to, original quarter brown cloth over pictorial boards. First (and only) edition. Illustrated with 28 color plates by Harry Kennedy. Although issued simultaneously with The Army Alphabet, this publication has proven rarer than its companion. Rubbing to boards; corners bumped; toning to edges of leaves. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Bienvenue & Schmidt,182. $800-1,200

341* BAUM, L. FRANK Father Goose, His Book. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill, (1900)

4to, publisher’s pictorial boards stamped in black, white, and orange. First edition, second printing. With numerous color illustrations throughout. Light soiling and wear to boards; spine deteriorated; backstrip detached from text-block; light finger smudges to some leaves. [Together with:] Father Goose’s Year Book. Quaint Quacks and Feathered Shafts for Mature Children. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1907). Tall 8vo, publisher’s green cloth with pictorial pastedown label to upper board, pictorial endpapers. First edition. With numerous illustrations throughout. Rubbing to boards; ends bumped. The Songs of Father Goose. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, (1900). 4to, publisher’s quarter maroon cloth over pictorial boards stamped in black, white and orange. Second edition. Edgewear and light soiling to boards; 3-inch tear to final leaf. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 342* BAUM, L. FRANK The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, (1902).

8vo, original red cloth pictorially stamped in green, beige, white, and black, pictorial endpapers. First edition, first state, with section headings as “Book First,” “Book Second,” and “Book Third.” Rubbing and fading to boards; ends frayed; front hinge cracked. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Bienvenue & Schmidt, 200 $300-500 343* BAUM, L. FRANK The Woggle-Bug Book. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1905.

Folio, quarter green cloth over pictorial boards. First (and only) edition, first state with a greenish stippled background on the front cover, rear cover blank. One of Baum’s rarest fantasies, this book was likely published in order to promote Reilly & Britton’s “Marvelous Land of Oz” as well as the forthcoming musical comedy “The Woggle-Bug.” Light soiling to boards; upper and lower right corners of front board, and lower left corner of rear board broken; rear board with two large repaired tears; darkening to corners of title page; light interior soiling; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Baughman 64; TBB Christmas 1969, 18 $1,500-2,500

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344* BAUM, L. FRANK John Dough and the Cherub. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1906).

8vo, original pictorial tan cloth stamped in red, olive & black, color pictorial endpapers. First edition, first state, binding A, with the detachable contest blank for “The Great John Dough Mystery,” present at page 9, and line ten with the misprint “cage” instead of “cave,” p. 275. Rubbing and light soiling to boards; front hinge cracked; five repaired tears to front endpaper and half-title; contest slip page torn. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Bienvenue & Schmidt, 227 $300-500 345* BAUM, L. FRANK Two books from “Baum’s Snuggle Tales” series, comprising Little Bun Rabbit, (1916) and Once Upon a Time, (1916). Together with The Gingerbread Man, (1917), from the “Oz-Man Tales” series, and “Little Wizard Series” title Ozma and the Little Wizard, (1913). Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

346* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill, 1900.

8vo, publisher’s light green cloth stamped in red and green, pictorial endpapers. First edition, second state, binding variant C, with no box around publisher’s advertisement on p. 2, “low wail of..” on p. 14, “pieces” spelled correctly on p. 82, and the “C” encircling the “O” in “Co” at the foot of the spine. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped and slightly frayed; hinges beginning to crack; light finger smudges to edges of some leaves. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 25-27 $800-1,200

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351 347* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Wizard of Oz, three later edition copies. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1903). 8vo, green cloth, one with dust jacket. Together with The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, (1934). 8vo, original green cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

348* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Marvelous Land of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904.

8vo, original red cloth stamped in navy blue, silver, and green, pictorial endpapers in dark green on lightgreen (faded to tan). First edition, second printing, with “Published, July, 1904” below the copyright notice on verso of title page. Binding B with letters in “Marvelous Land of Oz” on front cover with silver outlines. Fading and light wear to boards; ends bumped; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 45-47 $800-1,200

349* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Patchwork Girl of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1913).

8vo, original light green cloth stamped in dark green, red and yellow, color pictorial endpapers. First edition, first state with the “C” in “Chapter” overlapping the text on p. 35. Binding variant A in light green, with drawing of the Woozy in red and dark green on spine. Fading and light soiling to spine; edges rubbed and spine ends lightly frayed; front hinge cracked; previous owner’s name in pen to ownership page. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 63-64 $800-1,200

350* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Little Wizard Stories of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1914).

Small 8vo, original yellow-orange cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first state, with “Reilly & Britton” printed at foot of spine and measuring one-inch thick. Wear and soiling to boards; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 85-86 $600-800

351* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Tik-Tok of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1914).

8vo, original light blue cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label, colored map endpapers, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first state, with advertisement on verso of half-title listing six titles through “The Patchwork Girl of Oz,” double horizontal rules to top and bottom of spine. Rubbing to boards; ends and corners bumped; front hinge cracked. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

352* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Lost Princess of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1917).

8vo, original light blue cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. First edition, first state, with advertisement on verso of ownership page listing 10 titles through “The Lost Princess of Oz,” and doublerules at top and bottom of spine. Rubbing to boards; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 71-72 $200-400

353* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Ozma of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1918).

8vo, original light tan cloth stamped in black, red, blue, and yellow. First edition, fourth state with publisher’s advertisements at rear listed through “The Lost Princess of Oz.” Fourth state binding with “Reilly & Britton” printed at foot of spine, blank endpapers and blank rear cover. Soiling to boards; ends bumped; previous owner’s name in pencil to ownership page; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 52-53 $200-400

354* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Glinda of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1920).

8vo, publisher’s tan cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label, lacking dust jacket. First edition, first state, with advertisement on verso of half-title listing 13 titles through “Glinda of Oz.” Edgewear; light soiling to boards; previous ownership inscription to ownership page. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 76 $200-400

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355* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK The Laughing Dragon of Oz. Racine, WI: Whitman, (1934).

16mo, original pictorial boards. First edition, “Big Little Book.” Scarce, unauthorized Oz story. Frank Joslyn Baum, L. Frank Baum’s eldest son, wanted to continue the Oz series, but at the time of his father’s death he was in the American Expeditionary Force in France, and by the time that he was able to return to the United States, Ruth Plumly Thompson had become Royal Historian of Oz. He wrote a full-length fantasy entitled Rosine in Oz (later re-titled Rosine and the Laughing Dragon) but Reilly & Lee would not publish it. A portion of the manuscript was published in 1934 by the Whitman Publishing Company as The Laughing Dragon of Oz, a volume in the “Big Little Book” series. (Hanff & Greene) Minor soiling to boards; edgewear; spine beginning to detach from backstrip. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, pp 128-129 $100-200

356* (OZ) THOMPSON, RUTH PLUMLY A group of 11 books from the “Oz” series. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1921)-(1938). 8vo, original cloth, pictorial pastedown cover labels to most.

The Cowardly Lion of Oz, (1923). The Hungry Tiger of Oz, (1926). The Royal Book of Oz, (1921). Ojo in Oz, (1933). Captain Salt in Oz, (1936). Speedy in Oz, (1934). The Silver Princess in Oz, (1938). Pirates in Oz, (1931). Handy Mandy in Oz, (1937). The Wishing Horse of Oz, (1935). The Wonder Book, (1929). Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 357* (OZ) THOMPSON, RUTH PLUMLY A group of 10 books from the “Oz” series. Chicago: Reilly & Lee (unless otherwise noted), (1922)-(1939). 8vo, original cloth, pictorial pastedown cover labels to most.

The Yellow Knight of Oz, (1930). The Giant Horse of Oz, (1928). The Purple Prince of Oz, (1932). Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, (1939). The Lost King of Oz, (1925). Grampa in Oz, (1924). The Gnome King of Oz, (1927). Kabumpo in Oz, (1922). King Kojo, Philadelphia: McKay, (1938). The Royal Book of Oz, Toronto: Copp, (1921). Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

358* (OZ) THOMPSON, RUTH PLUMLY Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1929).

8vo, original grey cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. First edition, with rare first issue dust jacket listing “Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz” as the last title on the rear flap. Minor edgewear; creasing and marginal chipping to jacket with 1-inch of loss to foot of spine. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Bienvenue & Schmidt, 111 $600-800 359* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Three books from the “Oz” series, first editions, later states. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1904)-(1910).

The Land of Oz, (1904). 8vo, original red cloth pictorially stamped in silver, green, and navy blue. First edition, third state, binding B, with title shortened to “The Land of Oz,” cover lettered in silver and “Published, July, 1904” below copyright notice on the verso of the title page. Rubbing and light soiling to boards; ends bumped and frayed; hinges starting. [Together with:] The Road to Oz, (1909). 8vo, original light green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green, red, and tan. First edition, variant E, secondary binding, with publisher’s name in capital letters at foot of spine and the numeral “121” broken on p. 121. The Emerald City of Oz, (1910). 8vo, original light blue cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. First edition, second state, printed on heavier paper stock. Lacking one plate. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene and Haff, 47, 58-59 $200-400

360* (OZ) BAUM, L. FRANK Nine books from the “Oz” series, first editions, later states. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1904)-(1932).

The Tin Woodman of Oz, (1918). 8vo, original light blue cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. The Tin Woodman of Oz, (1918). 8vo, original light blue cloth pictorially stamped in black and red, dust jacket. The Magic of Oz, (1919). 8vo, original navy blue cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, (1908). 8vo, original green cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. The Land of Oz, (1932). 8vo, original green cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. The Land of Oz, (1904). 8vo, original red cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. Popular edition. Rinkitink in Oz, (1916). 8vo, original blue cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label, dust jacket. The Scarecrow of Oz, (1915). 8vo, original green cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. The Patchwork Girl of Oz, (1913). 8vo, original blue cloth pictorially stamped in red, yellow, and black. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

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361 (OZ) HALEY, JACK A collection of 36 Lake Pillsbury Properties business checks dated between 1967-1968, each signed (“Jack Haley”). Jack Haley was an American comic actor best remembered as the “Tin Man” in the 1939 classic film, The Wizard of Oz. $200-400 362* BAUM, L. FRANK A group of seven works, later editions.

Queen Zixi of Ix. New York: Century, (1905). 8vo, original light green cloth pictorially stamped in dark green and red. Dot and Tot of Merryland. Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (1901). 8vo, original light blue cloth pictorially stamped in red, orange, and dark green. Sky Island. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1912). 8vo, original blue cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. The Enchanted Island of Yew. New York: M.A. Donohue, (1903). 8vo, original blue cloth pictorially stamped in black and orange. The Magical Monarch of Mo. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1903). 8vo, original blue cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. The Magical Monarch of Mo. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1947). 8vo, gilt-lettered green cloth. The Magical Monarch of Mo. Chicago: M.A. Donohue, (1903). 8vo, original light blue cloth lettered in white, pictorial pastedown cover label. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois $600-800 363* BAUM, L. FRANK A group of six works by Baum, first editions, later states. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1906)-(1912).

John Dough and the Cherub, (1906). 8vo, tan cloth pictorially stamped in red, olive, and black. First edition, second state, with “cave” on p. 275, line 10. The Daring Twins. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1911). 8vo, light blue cloth pictorially stamped in cream, orange, and black. First (and only) edition, second state binding. The Sea Fairies, (1911). 8vo, light green cloth with pictorial pastedown cover label. First edition, second state binding. Baum’s Own Book for Children, (1912). 8vo, quarter tan cloth, pictorial pastedown cover label. First edition, later state with no “ownership page” and with “Word of Introduction” page following title. Babes in Birdland: A Nature Fairy Tale. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1911. First edition, second state, binding “B” with Baum credited on the front cover but with the spine credit using the last name of Baum pseudonym Laura Bancroft. The Master Key. Indianapolis: BowenMerrill, (1901). 8vo, original olive cloth with pictorial pastedown label to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Property from the Collection of David Mozinski, Chicago, Illinois

Literature: Bienvenue & Schmidt, 237, 292 $300-500

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364 (GEISEL, THEODOR) DR. SEUSS I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. New York: Random House, (1969).

4to, original pictorial boards, no dust jacket, as issued. First edition, first printing without ISBN number and with list of 29 titles on rear board. Signed “Dr. Seuss” in red felt tip on the f.f.e.p. Boards marginally toned. $200-400 365* MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1929.

Small 8vo, publisher’s pictorially gilt-stamped green cloth, dust jacket. Eighth edition. Light soiling to boards and jacket; ends bumped; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to spine ends; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of Alling C. Brown, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

366 ROWLING, J.K. Four first American edition books, first printings, from the Harry Potter series. New York: Scholastic, 1999-2007.

Comprising Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, (1999). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, (2000). Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, (2003). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (2007). $200-400

367 ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. (New York:) Scholastic, (1998).

8vo, publisher’s quarter red cloth over purple boards with embossed diamond pattern, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First American edition, later printing, with $19.95 price and “51995” barcode on rear panel. Ends bumped; minor edgewear. $100-200 368 SAINT EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE Wind, Sand and Stars. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1939).

8vo, publisher’s quarter blue calf over decorative cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., original slipcase with gilt pastedown title label. First American edition, number 333 of 500 limited copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Wear and soiling to slipcase; wear to boards; hinges cracked with some loss to spine. $300-500

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369 BELLOW, SAUL Two signed first editions, together with five others.

Comprising, Herzog. New York: Viking, 1964. 8vo, publisher’s blind-stamped blue cloth. First edition, signed by Bellow on the f.f.e.p. Lacking dust jacket; light wear to boards. To Jerusalem and Back. A Personal Account. New York: Viking, (1976). 8vo, publisher’s quarter blue cloth, dust jacket. Inscribed by Bellow on the f.f.e.p. Minor toning and soiling to jacket. The Noble Savage. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, (1960-1962). 5 vols. 8vo, original soft cover illustrated wraps. Light rubbing and soiling to wraps. $300-500 370 CLARKE, ARTHUR C. Two signed first editions, first printings.

Childhood’s End. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, (1954). 8vo, publisher’s light blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original dust jacket. First edition, first printing, signed by Clarke on the title page. Light soiling and fading to boards; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to front wrapper and ends of spine. Cradle. (New York:) Warner, (1988). 8vo, publisher’s giltlettered quarter black cloth, original dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed by Clarke on the title page. Fading to cloth; otherwise fine. $700-900 371* (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins. Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing, 1894.

8vo, original gilt-lettered rust cloth stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine. First American edition, first issue. With photographic frontispiece portrait (BAL state A) and text block measuring 1 1/8-inches. Minor edgewear with ends bumped; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $800-1,200

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372 (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) TWAIN, MARK Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885.

8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in black and gilt, double frontispiece (including portrait - second state). First American edition, early issue, with cancelled title page, “was” for “saw” on p. 57, illustration at p. 87 incorrectly keyed to p. 88, no final 5 on p. 155, “decided” on p. 9, “touched” on p. 58 and broken type on p. 59 “would,” “le” on p. 59, second state portrait by the Heliotype Printing Co., New York, the sculptor’s name on the bust, and no cloth or table visible. Upper board detached; boards rubbed; portrait threatening to detach; half-title reinforced to spine with tape; chipping to edges of preliminaries and small tears to frontispieces; p. 15 with two 3-inch tears. $300-500 373 FARRELL, JAMES A group of four inscribed first editions, comprising It Has Come to Pass. New York: Theodor Herzl, 1958. Yet Other Waters. New York: Vanguard, (1952). The Life Adventurous, and Other Stories. New York: Vanguard, (1947). The Road Between. New York: Vanguard, (1949).

8vo, various shades of cloth. First editions, each signed on the f.f.e.p. Soiling to cloth; edgewear; hinges starting. $100-200 374 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934.

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered blue cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Wear and light soiling to boards; marginal chipping and darkening to jacket; hinges starting. $100-200

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375 FROST, ROBERT A Further Range. New York: Henry Holt, (1936).

8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, partial dust jacket laid in. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Frost on the f.f.e.p., “Robert Frost / to / Clinton and Beatrice Balmer / where met / in Amherst / October 14 1936”. Spine rubbed; darkening to endpapers; dust jacket in pieces; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500

376 GRAFTON, SUE A group of 11 first editions from the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, comprising the letters in the series A-G, J, and M-O. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982-1999.

“A” is for Alibi, (1982). “B” is for Burglar, (1985). “C” is for Corpse, (1986). “D” is for Deadbeat, (1987). “E” is for Evidence, (1988). “F” is for Fugitive, (1989). “G” is for Gumshoe, (1990). “J” is for Judgment, (1993). “M” is for Malice, 1996. “N” is for Noose, (1998). “O” is for Outlaw, 1999.

11 vols. 8vo, various shades of cloth, dust jackets. Wear to jackets at edges; otherwise fine. $200-400 377 HABERLY, LOYD Anne Bleyn and Other Poems by Loyd Haberly. Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1934.

8vo, brown morocco with gilt-stamped device to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine. Limited edition, number 223 of 300 copies. Minor wear to boards; light foxing concentrated at endpapers. $100-200

378 HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER Nights with Uncle Remus. Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, (1881).

8vo, original pictorial olive cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover. First edition. With frontispiece and 19 plates. Fading to spine; ends and corners bumped; hinges starting. $100-200

379* HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL Transformation: or, the Romance of Monte Beni. Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1860.

2 vols. 8vo, gilt-stamped and -lettered vellum, green cloth chemises and slipcase. First edition with “Marble Faun” titled to spines. Extra-illustrated, with 80 photographic plates. Minor wear to slipcase; lacking half-titles. Property from the Hugh Johnston Hubbard Trust, Lake Forest, Illinois $200-400

380 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

8vo, publisher’s oatmeal cloth, title in black to red spine label, author’s black facsimile signature to upper board, dust jacket. First edition, first printing, with “A” to copyright page, in first issue dust jacket without photographer’s name below portrait of Hemingway on rear panel. Soiling to boards; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to ends of spine, corners and edges; text panels threatening to detach. $300-500 381* HEMINGWAY, ERNEST A Moveable Feast. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (1964).

8vo, publisher’s quarter orange cloth over giltlettered boards, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition, first printing. With ink inscription from the Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, 1967, to f.f.e.p. Light fading to cloth; minor edgewear to jacket. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $200-400

382 IRVING, WASHINGTON The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1895.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s white cloth stamped in gilt and blue, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. Van Tassel edition. Illustrated throughout. Light soiling to boards; toning to edges of leaves. $100-200 383 JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. (Paris): [Shakespeare and Company,] n.d. [1922]

8vo, rebound in quarter green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, later printing (possibly seventh). Lacking preliminary leaves and title page, with copyright information on page 732, and with “printed for Sylvia Beach by Maurice Darantiere at Dijon, France,” printed on page 736. Edgewear; corners bumped; inner hinges cracked. $200-400

384* LAWRENCE, D.H. Apocalypse, together with Last Poems. Florence: G. Orioli, 1931 and 1932.

2 vols. Large 8vo, publisher’s purple boards with phoenix design on upper covers, paper spine labels. Lungarno Series, each one of 750 copies. Uniform fading to spines; ends bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $50-70

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385* LAWRENCE, FRIEDA Not I, But The Wind... Santa Fe: The Rydel Press, (1934).

8vo, publisher’s half cloth, pastedown printed spine label. Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies signed on the verso of the frontispiece. Newspaper ephemera tipped in to front; edges lightly bumped. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $50-70

386 LEIGHTON, CLARE Southern Harvest. New York: Macmillan, 1942.

4to, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition. With numerous woodcut plates and illustrations in-text. Inscribed and signed by the author on the f.f.e.p. Minor fading to boards; soiling and marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to ends of spine. [Together with:]Country Matters. New York: Macmillan, 1937. 4to, publisher’s burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. First edition. With numerous woodcut plates and illustrations in-text. Light fading to boards; marginal chipping to jacket. $300-500 387 LEIGHTON, CLARE The Farmer’s Year. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933.

Oblong 4to, original gilt-stamped and -lettered black cloth, decorative endpapers. First edition. With numerous wood-engravings by Leighton. Minor wear to boards; light foxing. $200-400

388 LEWIS, SINCLAIR Five first editions including Elmer Gantry and Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1927 and 1929. Together with Main Street. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920; The Trail of the Hawk. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1915); and Work of Art. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1934.

5 vols. 8vo, publisher’s varying shades of blue cloth. First editions. Light wear and soiling to boards; ends bumped and chipped; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $200-400 389 LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH The Song of Hiawatha. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855.

8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First American edition, first issue, with 12pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. Ends bumped; scattered foxing. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

390* MAUZEY, MERRITT Two inscribed books. New York: Abelard-Schuman.

Comprising Texas Ranch Boy, 1955, inscribed on the title page, and Oilfield Boy, 1957, inscribed on the f.f.e.p. Both 4to, decorative boards, dust jackets. Light wear and soiling to jackets and boards; hinges starting. Property from the Estate of Brian and Betty Hillenbrand, Frankfort, Illinois $200-400

391* MEREDITH, WILLIAM MORRIS Autographed letter signed (“W.M.M.”), one page, on a bifolium, Harrg (Harrisburg), November 3, 1837. Additionally signed (“W.M. Meredith”) on the verso and addressed to his wife (“Ms. W.M. Meredith, Philadelphia”). Meredith was a Whig politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as the 19th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Zackary Taylor. In the present letter, Meredith writes to his wife, Katherine Keppele Meredith, to notify her of the most recent news from the 1837 Judiciary Committee on the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. [Together with:] a 10-cent fractional currency note from 1847 featuring a portrait of Meredith on the front. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $600-800

392 MELVILLE, HERMAN Moby Dick, or The Whale. New York: Random House, 1930.

8vo, publisher’s black cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in silver gilt. First trade edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent with numerous in-text illustrations and head- and tail-pieces. Light soiling to boards; ends bumped. $300-500

393 MILLER, HENRY The Waters Reglitterized. S.l.: John Kidis, 1950.

8vo, original pictorial pink wrappers, tipped in photographic portrait frontispiece. Limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is hand-numbered “1,356,494” by Henry Miller. Inscribed and signed by Miller on the limitation page. Minor soiling and marginal chipping to wrappers with 1/4-inch of loss to upper right corner. $300-500

394 MISTRAL, GABRIELA Desolacion Poemas. New York: Insituto de las Espanas, 1922.

Small 8vo, publisher’s original printed wrappers. First edition of the first book by this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1945. Wraps chipped and soiled; starting to detach with some contents starting to come unsewn; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. $150-250

395 NYE, BILL Baled Hay. A Drier Book than Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves o’ Grass.’ New York and Chicago: Belford and Clarke, 1884.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial green cloth stamped in black. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Minor edgewear; hinges starting. $100-200

396 SINCLAIR, UPTON A group of eight typed letters signed (“Upton”), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, on personal letterhead, Pasadena, California (four) and Monrovia, California (four), June 12, 1940 - August 28, 1946. $600-800

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397 TERKEL, STUDS A group of 16 inscribed or signed books by Studs Terkel. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collection $100-200

398 (FIRST EDITIONS) Two inscribed first editions by Studs Terkel, Ben Hecht, and one later edition inscribed by Nelson Algren.

Erik Dorn. By Ben Hecht. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth. First edition, inscribed on the f.f.e.p. Edgewear; hinges starting. Hard Times. By Studs Terkel. New York: Pantheon, (1970). 8vo, publisher’s blindstamped brown cloth. First printing, inscribed by Terkel on the f.f.e.p, additionally inscribed by Hank Oettinger on p. 114. Lacking dust jacket; minor wear to boards. Never Come Morning. By Nelson Algren. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1942). 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, dust jacket. Second edition, inscribed on the f.f.e.p. Jacket lightly soiled and marginally chipped with some loss; hinges starting; ends bumped. $150-250 399* WELTY, EUDORA A group of eight signed and inscribed books.

The Ponder Heart. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. One Time, One Place. New York: Random House, 1971. The Eye of the Story. New York: Random House, 1977. Ida M’Toy. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1979. Women!! Make Turban in Own Home! S.l.: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. One Writer’s Beginnings. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984. In Black and White. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1985. Photographs. Jackson: University of Mississippi, 1989. Property from the Collection of Dianne G. Bailey, Fountain Inn, South Carolina $800-1,200 400* WELTY, EUDORA A Curtain of Green. Introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1941.

8vo, publisher’s orange cloth stamped in white and green, original dust jacket. Housed in red cloth clamshell case with pastedown title label to spine and front board. First edition or Welty’s first published work. Inscribed by the author on the f.f.e.p. Light soiling and marginal chipping to jacket; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of Dianne G. Bailey, Fountain Inn, South Carolina $400-600

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401* WELTY, EUDORA A group of four first editions.

A Curtain of Green. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1941. Delta Wedding. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1946. The Golden Apples. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949. The Ponder Heart. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Property from the Collection of Dianne G. Bailey, Fountain Inn, South Carolina $300-500

402* WELTY, EUDORA The Robber Bridegroom. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1942.

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in white and pink, original dust jacket. First edition, signed by Welty on the title page. Light edgewear; jacket lightly soiled on rear panel; minor chipping to spine ends. Property from the Collection of Dianne G. Bailey, Fountain Inn, South Carolina $400-600 403* WELTY, EUDORA The Wide Net. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1943).

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine lettered in white, original dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by Welty on the f.f.e.p. Light soiling and marginal chipping to jacket; bottom right corner of front wrapper creased; ends slightly bumped. Property from the Collection of Dianne G. Bailey, Fountain Inn, South Carolina $600-800

404 WOUK, HERMAN The Caine Mutiny: a Novel of World War II. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1951.

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, silver-lettered spine, dust jacket, price-clipped. First edition. Ends bumped; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to spine ends; light dampstain affecting front flap of jacket; bookplate tipped to front pastedown. $100-200 405 WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER Three first American editions. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1926-1928.

Comprising Beau Geste, 1925, Beau Sabreur, 1926, and Beau Ideal, 1928. 8vo, original gilt-lettered blue cloth, Beau Sabreur with original dust jacket, in pieces. Wear to boards; ends bumped; hinges starting. $100-200

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